Canadians are a lot more forgiving to a constitutional monarchy originating in another continent when there’s a handsome little prince to look forward to being ruled by, the first major poll since the birth of baby George has found.

A new Forum Poll for the National Post suggests Canadians are now much more supportive of the monarchy after the birth of Prince George Alexander Louis compared to earlier this year.

“It’s astonishing the salutary effect a little bundle of Royal joy will have on attitudes to the monarchy,” Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff said.

But Canadians also prefer royal youth, with Prince William almost three times as popular as his father, Prince Charles, when it comes to choosing our next king.

Nearly half of Canadians, 48%, now want to keep the monarchy after the death of the current Queen, compared to 37% who would like to see the monarchy done away with (presumably peacefully).

That’s a sharp decrease from the 45% who said they wanted to abolish the monarchy in Forum’s previous poll in May, well before the birth of baby George.

“Approval of our constitutional monarchy jumped when the Duchess of Cambridge announced her pregnancy, slipped in the interim, and jumped again upon the birth of the royal baby. As long as they keep having babies, the Windsors will rule in Canadian hearts,” Bozinoff said.

Those most interested in getting rid of the monarchy are those hailing from Quebec (63%) and those who are male (42%).

When asked who would be the best King of Canada, Prince William proves to easily be the most popular choice for Canadians with the support of 43%. His father, Prince Charles, the heir apparent, only has the support of 12%.

Although he’s still in diapers, Prince George Alexander Louis has the third-most support with 6%, slightly ahead of Prince Harry at 5%. One third of Canadians have no opinion on the matter, at 34%.

Regal support also extends to the military, with the majority of Canadians (52%) backing the new royal names for the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Navy.

Canadians are evenly split on whether new citizens should swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen; and 63% think their country’s Head of State should be a Canadian who resides here.

The Forum Poll was conducted by Forum Research with the results based on an interactive voice response telephone survey of 1,782 randomly selected Canadians 18 years of age and older. The poll was conducted on July 23rd, 2013.

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